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The Mikie Show # 19, Marcia
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a conversation with Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Marcia Daniel. We talk about a day in the life and how anyone can beat ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Girls on the Gridiron: Life with the Chicago Force
From: Robin Amer
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Four members of Chicago's all female tackle football team describe what it’s like to be a woman in a man’s game.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 20:16
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Child Birth: There will Always be Three Now
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: Newly born, Max Ferrer, with his parents Nicole and Sean, Credit: Katy Sewall
When it comes to giving birth in America, less than 1% of couples choose a "natural birth;" that is a birth with no drugs - and little to no medica...

  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 17:14
The Mikie Show #17, June
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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I like craft. Artisans. People who actually make things with their hands. If you do, too, then this show is for you. We speak with June Rettig, mas...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #4 Royal
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We speak with writer and filmmaker Royal Miller about writing for daytime soaps—Guiding Light, As the World Turns, All My Children to name a few—an...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Best of Joan Osborne
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Hour of Music and Interviews with Joan Osborne, recorded live at the 2002 and 2005 at the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival.

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WGDR, and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
Kathleen's Machine: World War II At Home
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
Caption: Kathleen, Then & Now
Short documentary collage of voices recorded in St. Louis during World War II on a Wilcox-Gay Recordio. The Greatest Generation carries on, as reme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2009
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Crossing Queens Boulevard
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Malika Kalontarova, Credit: Warren Lehrer, photo ©2003
A family of Bukharan Jewish dancers and musicians escape war-torn Tajikistan. They move to an apartment near Queens BLVD, and go from dodging bulle...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
7. Kym Tuvim. Your piano teacher has a secret talent.
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Day Job is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:10
A Musician's Life: Leslie Gore
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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In the early 1960's Leslie Gore's songs spoke to adolescents. With the British invasion, Gore lost her appeal to the teen set but she continued m...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Improving Islamic schools, increasing possibilities for Nepalese girls
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Improving Islamic schools, increasing possibilities for Nepalese girls

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
A Musician's Life: Ani DiFranco
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Music icon Ani Difranco says she unconsciously wrote the same song over and over until she realized she was carrying old family wounds.

Bought by WGDR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Tegan and Sara
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Tegan and Sara are identical twin sisters. Now in their twenties they've been performing their own brand of indie rock since they were teens.

Bought by KMXT, KXOT Public Radio, and WMNF


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Mary Gauthier
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Mary Gauthier quit drugs and alcohol and discovered songwriting. She's attracted critics and fans with her empathic depictions of people on the ma...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KMXT, and WMNF


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Kaki King
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Kaki King amazes audiences with her wicked guitar. But don't call her a virtuoso!

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KMXT, and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 25, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5
Steph Taylor
From: Charles Richards
Series: Turn On The Lights
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Interview with Steph Taylor, songwriter from various places on the East Coast.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2008
  • Length: 19:46
Lonni: the Body Waxer
From: Evan Roberts
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Lonni describes her job as a Body Waxer.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Womemories 03 -- Shelley Graff
From: Bernadette Cahill
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Womemories Host Bernadette Cahill talks with Shelley Graff

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 09:59
Womemories -- Dory Previn
From: Bernadette Cahill
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Singer/Songwriter Dory Previn talks about her life and work

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Amy Rigby
From: WXPN
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Amy Rigby sees herself as a mild mannered woman unless of course, she's writing a song or performing in front of an audience.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 16, 2006
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Suzanne Polak Composer: Documentary
From: Don Maue
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Documentary of Original Music by Composer Suzanne Polak for Theatre

  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 14:53
SHE GROOVES: Janis Siegel, A Thousand Beautiful Things
From: Theresa Orlando
Series: She Grooves Radio Hour
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Interview & music selections with Janis Siegel, A Thousand Beautiful Things...

Bought by WVPE


  • Added: Mar 30, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Meth use in Georgia mainly women.
From: David Barasoain
Series: Meth spread in Georgia
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Research shows women are main users of meth in Georgia.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:01
My Muslim Hairdresser
From: Shana Sheehy
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Hairdresser converts to Islam and discusses the dilemma of "covering up her moneymaker."

Bought by Interfaith Voices, KXOT Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 3

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